For those who love such things, it looks like someone (or a group of someones) has started a TV Tropes page on DRIVE…..

You may have noticed that DRIVE didn’t update last week: And I wanted to apologize for not posting a heads-up about it. It wasn’t a server hiccup or anything: I just didn’t want to rush out an update that wasn’t ready.

To me, it’s important that the story be advanced in just the right way, and that each installment has a little something special in the art department. DRIVE is a gift I’m giving myself, you see, and I want to do it right.

So! Know that we may have a skipped week once or twice a year, but I’ll promise to give you a heads up when it happens. Thanks, all!

Panel 1:
Myself, Randall Munroe of xkcd, and Kate Beaton of Hark! A Vagrant

Panel 2:
Kris Straub of F Chords, Scott Kurtz of PvP and Jeff Keane of The Family Circus.

Panel 3:
Sandra Boynton of everyone’s golden childhood, and then there’s me again, laughing at Sandy’s jokes.

Panel 4:
Me, the talented Scott C, Rodd Perry of Brevity, and the always kind Richard Thompson of Cul de Sac.

Panel 5:
Me and a creeped-out Bill Amend of Foxtrot.

Panel 6:
Glen Keane of “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty & the Beast,” “Tangled,” and more. Then, Kate Beaton of Hark! A Vagrant, Kris Straub of Starslip, Scott Kurtz of PvP, Scott C, and me.

A huge thank you to the NCS board and membership for the kind invite out to talk, to Universal Press Syndicate for the hospitality — and for the warm welcome to all us youngin’s over the course of the weekend. It was nothing but lovely.

Just for fun, I thought I’d put the largest Continuum ship up against the largest human ship, “La Invencible,” to give you a sense of scale…

EDITED TO ADD:

More than a few of you e-mailed me asking for a wallpaper of The Spark of Thought, so here you go! (Click for the full-size, 1920x1080px image…and resize as needed!)